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The fine thing about pacts with the devil is that when you sign them you are well aware of their conditions. Otherwise, why would you be recompensed with hell?

The fine thing about pacts with the devil is that when you sign them you are well aware of their conditions. Otherwise, why would you be recompensed with hell?

Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Umberto Eco
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1932 to 2016; Wikidata Q12807, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12807 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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